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PACKAGE FOB. BELT DRESSING COMPOUNDS. No. 337,235. Patented Mar. 2,1886',

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UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN H. BRINGOLD, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

PAC KAGE FOR BELT-DRESSING COMPOUNDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,235,1"1ated March2, 1886.

Application tiled March 1], 1884. Serial No. 123,763. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern..-

Be it known that I, JOHN H. BRINGOLD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Albany, in the county of .Albany and State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Packages for Belt-DressingCompounds, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a stiff and tightwalled packing-case forbelt-dressing compounds, in which the package is made of stiff paper orpaper board having its inner surface coated or covered with a substancewhich will prevent the grease of the compound from penetrating to theoutside, and having its walls scored or cut partly through from theoutside at intervals.

The objects of my invention are to produce a package for holdingbelt-dressing compounds in condition to be readily and freely handledwithout removal from the package and without soiling the hands of anoperator, and also to permit the ready removalof sections of the packageby slicing off the compound preparatory to its being placed between abelt and band-wheel. I attain these objects by the means illustrated inthe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 represents thebelt-dressing-com pound case or package. Fig. 2 is a perspective View ofthe same with a section of the wall of the case or package removedpreparatory to slicing the compound for use, and with the outer wrapperor envelope removed to show the scores. Fig. 3 is a perspective view ofthe same, illustrating the manner in which this package is held forapplying the compound therein to a running belt.

The same letters of reference refer to like parts throughout the severalviews.

In the drawings, A represents my improved belt-dressing-compound case,and A is the cover thereof.

The drawings, in Fig. 2, show a portion of the case removed and exposingthe compound, B.

The case A is made of stiff thick paper or paper board, or other cheapsheet material, and it is made preferably of an oblong form, with flatside walls, so as to be substantially square in its form in its crossdirection, though it may be made with a cylindrical or oval form,

if preferred; but in all cases I make this packing-case with a diameteror extension in its cross direction that will adapt it to be readily andfirmly grasped by the hand of the operator, substantially as shown inFig. 3, so that the operator can with convenience hold the pack age withrequired pressure endwise to the surface of a running belt whenrequired. The sides and lower end of this case are properly cementedtogether by glue to make the joints thereof tight. The upper end isclosed by any proper cover. The interior surface of this case is coveredor coated with a substance such as glue or gums, which are soluble inwater but notin oils or grease. This coating or lining on the interiorsurface operates to prevent the oil or grease in the compound frompenetrating the side walls of the case and passing through the same toits outside surface. The body of this case has its exterior sidespreferably covered with an outer wrapper or envelope, which is alsocemented therewith, which strengthens the case in all its parts andcontributes to stiffening the same. Made in the side walls of this case,all around, are scores or cuts a c, at intervals of one-quarter orthree-eighth's of an inch, more or less. These cuts or scores penetratefrom the outer surface to about one-half of the thickness of said walls,and are preferably made before the sides are joined together. The outerwrapper of this case is applied to the body of the same after thescoring of its walls, and hides the same from view.

\Vhen it is desired to apply the compound to a running belt, theoperator will with a knife cut through the outer wrapper in a lineopposite to the lowermost score 0, and remove the section of thecasebelow such score, when the exposed end of the compound will projectbelow the lower end of the remaining portion of the case. The operatorwill then hold the package with the exposed end on the running belt,when the friction of the latter on the compound will wear away thecompound, and by adherence to the belt be carried to the band-wheel orpulley. A removal of each section between scores 0 enables the operatorto 'readily slice with a suitable instrument the protruding portion ofthe compound, for placing the same in thin slices between the belt and aband-wheel or pulley when those de- I of the case, and holds thesections from being 20 vices are above convenient reach of the operator.1

This packingcase is used to receive and hold belt-dressing compoundswhich are substantially solid in substance and made of tallow,

rosin, and suitable oils for uniting with both the former when meltedtogether. The coating of the interior surface of this case prevents theoil in the compound from passing through the paper of the walls, togrease or soil the hands of the operator, and enables the packages to beheld in store for a great length of time. The scores 0 made in the wallsenable sections of the case to be readily removed from time to time, asmay be required, without any difficulty, so as to expose only portionsof the compound to be immediately used. The thin outer wrapper orenvelope stifl'ens the walls readily detached by accident at the scores0.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

A case for packing and holding belt-dress- 2 5 ing compounds made in asolidified form, the same consisting of the body A, having its bottomand side walls made of paper cemented tight at their joints, and havingits interior wall-surfaces coated with substance which the 0 oil in thecompound will not pass through, and having external scores or cuts, 0,at intervals, made all around, all substantially as and for the purposesand operations set forth.

JOHN H. BRINGOLD.

Witnesses:

CHARLES SELKIRK, FRANK SELKI K.

